Soviet 42nd Army

The 42nd Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army that was active from 4 August 1941 to 9 May 1945 during World War II. The army initially consisted of a rifle division and two Leningrad Peoples' Militia divisions, and it was assigned to the defense of Krasnogvardeisk in August 1941 during Operation Barbarossa. In September 1941, the army fought against the Germans during the Siege of Leningrad, and it was focused on improving the defensive lines until January 1944. That year, it took part in the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive and Operation Barbarossa, the latter while assigned to the 3rd Baltic Front. The army would remain in the Baltics until the end of the war, when it destroyed the Courland Pocket. It was disbanded in May 1945.